Genline FamilyFinder 2 User Guide
Genline FamilyFinder 2?
Genline FamilyFinder 2 (GFF2) allows you to search, view, and print pages from
our Swedish Church Records archive. Other features include GIDx, picture rotation, zoom,
and contrast/brightness control.
Overview
1. Toolbar
2. Search Window
3. Mini Image
4. Image Settings
5. Active Image Window (see also Window Management)
6. Inactive Image Window (see also Window Management)
Other Features:
File Menu Alternatives
TimeOut Control
Options
DISPOS - Options
Printing
GID number (GID#)
Bookmarks
Keyboard Shortcuts
Automatic Update
Proxy Servers
Installation of GFF2
User Name and Password
Auto Login
Toolbar
 Open/Close
Search Window
 Open/Close
Mini Image
 Open/Close Image Settings
 Open
a new Image Window (Learn more about how to manage windows in Window
Management)
 Abort
image download
 Full
scale image
 Zoom
in
 Zoom
out
 Fit
image to window
 Move
back in 5 image increments
 Move
back one image
 Move
forward one image
 Move
forward in 5 image increments
Note: You are not required to wait for a download to complete before moving on
to the next image.
This is a drop down menu listing all the pages in the current sequence. To open
the drop down menu list click anywhere on the drop down menu list. You can move
directly to a page by clicking the desired page in the open drop down menu list.
The first column in this list is the image number which is also the last part
of the GID#. The second column is the page number. The third
column describes the page type.
The GID text box displays the GID# for the image that is currently open. If you
type in a new GID# and click the green check mark icon the new image is loaded
in the Active Image Window.
If you only type in a parish number — the first group of period delimited
numbers — the Sequence Search Window returns search results for the selected parish.
If you type in a parish number and a sequence number excluding the image number
the Sequence Search Window returns search results for the selected parish and sequence.
(see also GID#)
Search Window
Searching by Sequence
Sequence Search Window
1. Sequences/GIDx - Choose the desired search method by clicking Sequences or GIDx. Use the Sequences search method to search Sequences and GIDx search method to search GIDx information.
2. Counties - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available
Counties. Select one or more Counties and click Ok.
3. Parishes - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available
Parishes. Select one or more Parishes and click Ok.
4. Church Record Types - Click Church Record Types to select Church Record
Types. Open the pull down menu by clicking anywhere on the Church Record Types
list box and select which record types you would like to search for by clicking
the appropriate check box. Close the list by clicking anywhere on the Church
Record Types list box.
5. Volume - To search for a specific volume click Volume and type the
volume you would like to search for in the text field. It is not necessary to
type in the complete volume name. For example, a search for 'c' could return these
results: 'C:1', 'CI:1' and 'AI:11C'.
6. From Year - Enter the year you would like to start your search in the text
field. Leaving the test field empty will put no limit to how early you want to
start your search.
7. To Year - Enter the year you would like to end your search in the text field.
Leaving the test field empty will put no limit to how late you want to end your
search.
8. Clear - Clear will reset the Search Window and clear all lists.
9. Search - After you have selected your search criteria — County, Parish, Church Record Type or Volume, From Year and To Year — click the Search button to return your search results.
10. Open - Enter a GID number (GID#) and click the Open button to open this information in the Search Window.
11. Sequence List - Displays a list of the sequences found as a result of your Search.
Note: You can sort you results by clicking one of the column titles. Click once
to sort in ascending order and once more to sort in descending order.
The columns are:
GID - This column displays the sequences GID number consisting of the Parish ID
number and the Sequence ID number. Note that there are only two groups of period
delimited numbers. Adding the image number group will give you a complete GID
number.
(see also GID#)
Volume - The sequences Volume.
Year - The time period included in the sequence. A sequence containing numerous
non consecutive time periods will be displayed once in the list for each time
period.
Type - The church record type.
Parish - The church record parish.
12. Image/Page list - The list of images or pages contained in the selected sequence.
Clicking a sequence in the sequence list will list the images and pages in the
Image/Page list. Click an image or page from the list to open that image in the
Image Window.
The columns are:
GID - This column displays the GID#.
Page Number - The page number used in the church book. The first number is the
original pagination. The second number is the stamped pagination.
Type - The page type.
Type - The GIDx entry type.
Name - The GIDx entry name.
Year - The GIDx entry year.
Type - The information type of the GIDx entry.
www - An icon will appear representing that an external Internet refference to this GID# exists. Clicking this icon will open a web browser to a page with further information.
13. Show All/Show Sequences and Pages only/Show Pages only - Customize the display
of the Search Window by selecting which Search Window panels to show.
Searching by GIDx
GIDx Search Window
1. Sequences/GIDx - Choose the desired search method by clicking Sequences or GIDx. Use the Sequences search method to search Sequences and GIDx search method to search GIDx information.
2. Counties - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available
Counties. Select one or more Counties and click Ok. If you do not select a County or Parish you will search all GIDx entries.
3. Parishes - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available
Parishes. Select one or more Parishes and click Ok. If you do not select a County or Parish you will search all GIDx entries.
4. Name Search Field - Enter the desired search word. A search using this field supports use of the wildcard characters asterisk (*) and question mark (?).
- * substitutes as a wildcard character for zero or more characters
- ? substitutes as a wildcard character for any one character
For ex. Espebråna. You can search Espebråna as Esp*, however your search results could also return Esphult. Or, you could also search Espebråna as E??ebråna.
If you were to search ??? the search results would return all results with 3 characters. The search results that are returned are limited to the first 500 search matches.
5. Soundex Search - Soundex is an algorithm for indexing words by their pronunciation sound. Words with the same pronunciation and different spellings can be matched by clicking the Soundex Search check box.
6. Clear - Clear will reset the Search Window and clear all lists.
7. Search - After you have selected and/or entered your search criteria — County, Parish, Name Search Field and Soundex Search — click the Search button to return your search results.
8. GIDx List - Displays a list of GID#'s found as a result of your Search.
Note: You can sort you results by clicking one of the column titles. Click once
to sort in ascending order and once more to sort in descending order.
The columns are:
GID - This column displays the GID#.
County - The County the GID# belongs too.
Parish - The Parish the GID# belongs too.
Type - The GIDx entry type.
Name - The GIDx entry name.
Year - The GIDx entry year.
Type - The information type of the GIDx entry.
www - An icon will appear in this column to represent that an external Internet refference to this GID# exists. Clicking this icon will open a web browser to a page with further information.
Mini Image
The Mini Image is a window with a miniature version of the large image. The blue
square shows your location relative to the large image. You can click directly
in the Mini Image window or drag the blue square to navigate your location
in the Active Image Window.
Image Settings
The Image Settings Window is where you can manipulate the display of the image.
You can Rotate Image, Mirror Image, Change Light
Intensity, and Display monochrome image (Black and White).
Windows Management
GFF2 is a MDI program (Multi Document Interface). This means that
there is one main window with several child windows. You can see what windows
are open by selecting Window on the Main Menu. The checked window
is the active one. You can easily change the Active Image Window by selecting
it from Window on the Main Menu or by pressing the Tab key when the Search Window is closed.
In the windows menu you can also select four other commands.
Cascade - Displays all open image windows cascading from the top left of the monitor.
Tile Horizontally - Displays all image windows Horizontally in columns.
Tile Vertically - Displays all image windows Vertically in columns.
Close all Windows - Closes all open image windows.
TimeOut Control
TimeOut Control Window
Note: The TimeOut Control is only available to IPAR users. If you are not an IPAR user the TimeOut Control will not be available as a file menu alternative.
The TimeOut Control is used to adjust the amount of time before being logged out of the Swedish Church Records archive due to inactivity.
The default timeout preset is 10 minutes. Using the slider control in the TimeOut Control Window you can extend the timeout up to 30 minutes in 5 minute increments.
Options
Options Window
Use mouse wheel to zoom (not scroll) - Select this option to limit the mouse wheel to zooming rather than scrolling the image.
Limit vertical and horizontal scrolling - Select this option to limit the image location to within the Image Window.
Save and restore window placement - Select this option to restore the placement of the dialog windows.
Note: This function is only available to users that log in with a user name and password. It is not available to IPAR users.
Use recursive mouse pointer when panning - Select this option for the mouse pointer to recur in the image window when panning.
Zoom at mouse pointer - Select this option to zoom in at the location of the mouse pointer.
Hide search window by clicking on image window - Select this option to close the Search Window by clicking the Image Window. Right click in Image Window to open the Search Window again.
Start search when the parish is selected - Select this option to automatically search for sequences once a parish selection has been made.
DISPOS Options
DISPOS - Options Window
DISPOS is a service where DIS members can reference genealogical source material that is available on the Internet such as Genline's GID number (GID#) or other digital media. See the DIS web site for more information about DISPOS.
Options for cookies allows you to select the directory where Internet Explorer and Firefox save cookies.
The Start/Stop DISPOS connection button in the DISPOS - Options Window is used to Start or Stop the DISPOS connection. The button text changes to reflect the current state of the DISPOS connection
The DISPOS connection in GFF2 supports the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers.
When GFF2 is running and the DISPOS connection has been started, using the GID number (GID#) or the portion of the GID number (GID#) that has been referenced in DISPOS will automatically open the corresponding sequence or image in the GFF2 Image Window.
Printing
Open the Print Setup dialog by selecting File - Print... in the main menu or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl P. In this window
you can select Printer, Paper, and Orientation settings.
Click Ok to continue to the next dialog.
In this window you can select the image information — GID Number, County Name, Parish Name, or Free Text — that
you would like included as a heading on your print. You can also preview the positioning
of the image relative to the page size and orientation selected. Note that the
image information text is not to scale in this preview. Check the appropriate
boxes to include the desired information. You can add your own comments by checking
the Free Text checkbox and and entering your comment in the Free
Text text field.
You can also select what print Quality to use. Normal is often
sufficient, but if you have a high quality printer High may be a good
idea. Click Ok to print your image. Depending on your printer and the
print quality you have selected there may be a delay before the printer starts
to print.
GID number (GID#)
All images in Genline's Swedish Church Records archive have an unique
ID number — called the Genline ID number (GID#). The GID# consists of three
groups of period delimited numbers. The first group of numbers represents Parish
ID, the second group the Sequence ID number, and the third group the image number
in the sequence.
For example, 227.1.30500 would be
Parish ID Number.Sequence ID Number.Image Number
Bookmarks
In GFF2 you can save bookmarks to the images you find interesting.
To save a bookmark:
1. Open the image you want to save as a bookmark in an Image Window.
2. Make sure that the image you would like to bookmark is in the Active Image
Window.
3. In the Bookmarks menu select Add Bookmark.
4. Choose a name to save your bookmark as. If you check Save position and
settings this information will also be stored with the bookmark.
5. Click OK.
You have now made a bookmark which will be listed in the Bookmarks menu
in Gff2. You can easily open your bookmark by opening the Bookmarks menu
and selecting the desired bookmark from the list.
In the Bookmarks menu there is also a selection Open Bookmarks Window. Open Bookmarks Window allows you to manage your bookmarks.
You can create new folders for your bookmarks by clicking New Folder.
You can move bookmarks to a specific folder by dragging them to that folder.
If you select a bookmark or folder in the folder tree, information on this bookmark
will be displayed. You can change the name of the bookmark by editing the text
in the text field below Name. You can also enter a short description
for each bookmark or folder.
The button Open — that is visible if you select a bookmark —
opens the bookmark and displays it's image in the Active Image Window or opens
a new Image Window if one is not open.
The button Find — that is visible if you select a bookmark — opens the Search Window with the bookmarks County, Parish, sequence and image active.
Bookmarks that are saved in GFF2 are stored in the file bookmarks.dta.
Keyboard Shortcuts
This is a list of all the keyboard shortcuts:
Note: Ctrl means that you should hold the Ctrl key down while pressing the additional
key.
| Ctrl S |
Opens/Closes The Search Window |
| Ctrl M |
Opens/Closes The Mini Image |
| Ctrl I |
Opens/Closes the Image Settings window |
| Ctrl B |
Opens/Closes the Bookmarks Window |
| Ctrl N |
Opens a new image window |
| Ctrl P |
Opens the Print dialog box |
| Ctrl D |
Selects the GID# text box |
| Ctrl E |
Shows/Hides the Toolbar and the menu |
| + |
Zoom in |
| - |
Zoom out |
| Ctrl + |
Displays the image at full scale |
| Ctrl - |
Fit image to window |
| Arrow keys |
Move the image location in its window |
| Ctrl Arrow keys |
Moves the image to the edge |
| Page Up |
Moves one image backward in the sequence |
| Page Down |
Moves one image forward in the sequence |
| Ctrl Page Up |
Moves five images backward in the sequence |
| Ctrl Page Down |
Moves five images forward in the sequence |
| Home |
Lighten image contrast |
| End |
Darken image contrast |
| Tab |
Toggle between open image windows |
Automatic Update
When you start GFFinder2.exe an automatic update procedure starts. This
procedure starts by downloading a file from www.genline.se called latest_version.txt.
(If the download fails the error message "No internet connection found..."
will be displayed.)
This file is compared to the local copy of latest_version.txt. If the
files contain different version numbers or the local file does not exist, AutoUpdate.exe will start and download all files
needed for the latest version.
The files that are downloaded are engine.exe, some dll’s, and a few other
things. Then, engine.exe is started and it takes over the execution. The login
dialog appears and you can start working with GFF2.
If for any reason you want to download the latest version again, just remove the
file latest_version.txt.
If you want to download a different version than the latest official release you
will need to start GFFinder2.exe with a parameter. latest_version.txt
will not be downloaded and if you entered beta as the parameter beta.txt
would be downloaded. Beta.txt usually contains a different version number
than latest_version.txt so you will download a different version of the engine.exe
and dll files.
Proxy Servers
The traffic from GFFinder2.exe goes to www.genline.se through port 80
and uses simple HTTP GET commands. The traffic from engine.exe goes to gserver3.genline.se
and ipar.genline.se through port 443 and is SSL-encrypted.
To run GFF2 with a proxy server open the file proxy.conf and type in the following:
proxy=IP number to your HTTPS Proxy server
port=Port number to your HTTPS Proxy server
httpproxy=IP number to your HTTP Proxy server
httpport=Port number to your HTTP Proxy server
To run engine.exe through a HTTPS Proxy server you have to have version 2.1 or
later.
Installation of GFF2
GFFinder2_install.exe does four things:
- It creates a program folder and copies files.
- It creates desktop and start menu icons.
- It renames the help files and locale.conf to match the language
you selected when you initially installed the program.
- It adds GFF2 to the 'Add or Remove Programs' list in the Control Panel.
GFF2 does not install anything in the registry or copy any dll files to the windows
folder. So in order to make a manual installation or a remote installation all
you have to do is copy the files and create the icons you need.
User Name and Password
The standard location for configuration files in GFF2 is:
For older Windows versions: <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\genline\genline_family_finder_2\
For Windows Vista: <drive>:\Users\<user>
\AppData\Roaming\genline\genline_family_finder_2\
where:
<drive> is the hard disk drive letter where the users Documents and Settings are stored and
<user> is the name of the local user account logged in the computer
The User Name and Password are located in the file login22.conf. The Password field is encrypted. For security reasons the user must re-enter these two fields each time GFF2 is updated.
Auto Login
You can configure GFF2 to log in automatically by adding a row with the text auto=1 to the file login22.conf. This will prevent the login dialog window from appearing when you start GFF2 and you will be automatically logged in to the Swedish Church Records archive.
To do this:
- Start GFF2 and enter your User Name and Password. Select the option for saving the password
- Click Log in
- Close the GFF2 program
- Locate the file login22.conf.This is located in:
For older Windows versions: <drive>:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\genline\genline_family_finder_2\
For Windows Vista: <drive>:\Users\<user>\
AppData\Roaming\genline\genline_family_finder_2\
where:
<drive> is the hard disk drive letter where the users Documents and Settings are stored and
<user>is the name of the local user account logged in the computer
- Open login22.conf with a text editor such as wordpad.
- Add the row auto=1
- Save the file.
- Restart GFF2.
Next time GFF2 is started the login dialog won't be shown.
Note: The directory "Application Data" or "AppData" and its subdirectories are normally hidden. You may have to enter the path <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data directly in the explorer address field to access this folder.
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